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Awards of Excellence
Walking Tour
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T h e A m e r i c a n C r a f t C o u n c il w ill
a n n o u n c e A w a r d s o f E x c e lle n c e
fo r fo u r artists a t th e S a n
F r a n c is c o s h o w .
T h r e e r e c ip ie n ts r e c e iv e
a w a r d s fo r th e o u t s t a n d in g
q u a lity o f th eir w o r k , w h i le o n e e x h ib it o r
w ill
b e r e c o g n i z e d
fo r b o o th
d e s ig n . T h e a w a r d s
ju ro rs fo r th e
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A m e r i c a n C r a f t C o u n c il s h o w in S a n
F r a n c is c o a r e M ik e
H o lm e s a n d T e d C o h e n .
H o lm e s
is c o - o w n e r o f V e lv e t d a V in c i,
a S a n
F r a n c is c o g a l l e r y th a t h a s s p e c i a l i z e d
in a rtist j e w e lr y a n d
c r a ft - b a s e d s c u lp tu r e fo r
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y e a r s .
H e
is a l s o o n th e b o a r d o f th e
A r t J e w e l r y F o ru m ,
a
n o n p r o fit a d v o c a c y a n d e d u c a t i o n a l g r o u p fo r
c o n t e m p o r a r y je w e lr y .
C o h e n
is a
S a n
F r a n c is c o - b a s e d e x h ib itio n
d e s i g n e r w h o w o r k s w ith
in stitu tion s s u c h
a s th e M u s e u m o f C r a ft
a n d
D e s ig n ,
th e O a k l a n d M u s e u m
o f C a li f o r n i a ,
a n d th e M u s e u m
o f C r a f t a n d
F olk A rt.
C o h e n
a ls o w o r k s w ith
p r iv a te a rt c o lle c to r s
a c r o s s th e c o u n t r y p r o v id in g c o n s u lta tio n
in
a r t a c q u is it io n a n d
p la c e m e n t .
H e
is a n
H o n o r a r y F e llo w o f th e A m e r i c a n C r a f t
C o u n c il.
H o lm e s a n d C o h e n w ill
l e a d a w a l k i n g to u r o n
F r id a y
a t 2
p .m .
to p r e s e n t th e w in n in g e x h ib it o r s w ith th e ir a w a r d s a n d
d is c u s s th e e x c e p t i o n a l q u a litie s
in th e w o r k a n d
b o o t h d e s ig n .
Chris Amundsen, Heather Gibson, Lisa Klakulak, and Elisabeth R. Agro
